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for a very slight offence, it would be of interes to have some account of him. ASTARTE.

JACOB COLE. Upon p. 485 of "St. John the Evangelist, Westminster : Parochia Memorials. By J. E. Smith, Vestry Clerk o St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, issued in 1892, occurs the following addition to the account of a vestry meeting held on 6 April, 1848:

" After the excitement had subsided Mr. Jacol Cole, an active member of the parochial boards whose harmonious efforts never failed to add to the enjoyment of the convivial gatherings, introducec a sketch of the proceedings in the form of a song As some of the seniors in the parochial circle may welcome so pleasant a reminder of bygone times and as some of the juniors may allow that the face ties of their predecessors were not entirely devoic of merit, the composition is, by the courtesy of Mr Warrington Rogers, here reprinted."

Can any reader kindly direct me to printec copies of Jacob Cole's compositions other than the one above noted and those under- mentioned 1 All in the latter category are in my copies accompanied by music :

The Royal Rooks.

The Chapter of Misses.

The Cold Reception.

Fire and Water.

The Queen's Coronation.

The Weather.

The Overseer. [See 8 th S. ii. 116.]

Dear Kate, thy charms were like the rose.

I thought my joys of life complete.

Take him and try.

The Miseries of a Lord Mayor. [Also a "New Edition " of the same.]

CHARLES HICHAM.

169, Grove Lane, Camberwell,S.E.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.

1. Two constant lovers joined in one Yield to each other yield to none.

2. In all she did Some figure of the Golden Time was hid.

(?Dr. Donne.)

MEDICULUS.

DALE FAMILY. I shall be grateful to any one who will put me into communication with the representatives of any male branch who claim descent from Edward Dale, of Tunstall, co. Durham, fl. 1670. See pedigree in Surtees's 'History of Durham,' vol. ii. p. 251. (Rev.) T. C. DALE.

llo, London Road, Croydon.

ARDAGH. Can any reader of * N. & O.' tell me if a person of this name was a member of the Irish House of Commons for King's County, and afterwards became Speaker? His great-grandson (b. 1751) states this in a letter. This family originated in co. Louth,

and had property there and in Drogheda. Members of the family were living in the city of Dublin in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. In 1640 their descendants removed to King's County. Any information regarding this family previous to 1640 will be very gratefully received, or confirmation or rejection of the Speakership tradition. FRANCESCA.

TICKENCOTE CHURCH. I should be glad to* be confirmed in my opinion that this -church has the largest Norman arch of any church in England. JAS. CURTIS, F.S.A.

JOHN TREGORTHA, OF BURSLEM. John Tregortha, of Burslem, was a printer who printed and published several works in that town in the early years of the nineteenth century. I should be glad to know some- thing of his parentage, parish of origin, and descendants. GREGORY GRUSELIER.

EXCAVATIONS AT RICHBOROUGH. On 23 February, 1870, the late Mr. J. W. Grover described to the British Archaeo- logical Association some excavations at the Roman station at Rich borough. What are the details of these excavations ? They are not set out in the Journal.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. Lancaster.

WITHAM. What is the origin of the place- name Witham J In an Essex guide-book the name, which is in that county given to a stream, is said to be derived from with or guith, signifying " separating," and avon, corrupted into -ara=a river ; out further up the same stream, upon which is the town of Brain tree, is called the Brain, and higher up still Podsbrook. The name Witham also occurs as the name of a river in Lincolnshire. Does it there divide two parishes, as the stream upon which the village of Witham in Essex stands is said to do ? Can the same derivation be advanced of Witham in Somer- setshire ? It would not appear to be so, as ihe name there is applied not to the stream, but to the parish. Does it signify that this parish separates the King's Forest of Selwood Torn some one else's land ? or may the deriva- tion be from wite=& fine, and Witham be an estate forfeited to the king ?

It was suggested by a thirteenth-century
 * hronicler that the name had been given to

he Somersetshire place by a species of pro- )hetic instinct, and that it is really Wit-ham= a home of wisdom, because of the presence here, as prior of the Carthusian monastery, f St. Hugh of Lincoln. See Somerset. Arch.